The Everglades Places

Biscayne National Park
Occupying 172,000 acres along the southern portion of Biscayne Bay, south of Miami and north of the Florida Keys, this national park is 95% under water, and its altitude ranges from 4 feet above sea level... (more)
Everglades City
Aside from a chain gas station or two, Everglades City is perfect Old Florida. No high-rises (other than an observation tower) mar the landscape at this western gateway to Everglades National Park, just... (more)
Everglades National Park
If you're flying across South Florida on U.S. 41 from Miami to Naples, you'll breeze right by the Everglades. The freeway (known as Tamiami Trail) skirts the edge of Everglades National Park and cuts across... (more)
Florida City
The Florida Turnpike ends in Florida City, the southernmost town on the peninsula, spilling thousands onto U.S. 1 and eventually west to Everglades National Park, east to Biscayne National Park, or south... (more)
Homestead
In recent years the Homestead area has redefined itself as a destination for tropical agro- and ecotourism. Seated at the juncture between Miami and the Keys as well as Everglades National Park and Biscayne... (more)
Tamiami Trail
An 80-mi stretch of U.S. 41 (known as the Tamiami Trail) traverses the Everglades, Big Cypress National Preserve, and Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park. The road was conceived in 1915 to link Miami... (more)

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